Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Alabama

SA Recycling, Birmingham

Birmingham, AL · ~63 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SA Recycling, Birmingham runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

SA Recycling, Birmingham: 3.4 TCR = 153% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SA Recycling, Birmingham safety composite

SA Recycling, Birmingham scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−3.4

2020→2024

SA Recycling, Birmingham injury rate improved

SA Recycling, Birmingham's TCR fell 3.4 from 4.5 in 2020 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.5 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Birmingham, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 153% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #14/21
  • PHOTO Albert Brothers Inc
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Albert Brothers Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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SA Recycling, Birmingham in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows SA Recycling, Birmingham averages 3.4 TCR (153% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

SA Recycling, Birmingham TCR series: 2020=4.5 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 2.2

Where SA Recycling, Birmingham falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 21 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Alabama.

SA Recycling, Birmingham (63 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate SA Recycling, Birmingham
SA Recycling, Birmingham (63 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

SA Recycling, Birmingham has more employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2023 4.7 3.5 4 0 0
2022 2.4 1.2 2 0 0
2021 4.1 4.1 3 0 0
2020 4.5 4.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · AL · Birmingham

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 840 employers in Birmingham, AL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Albert Brothers Inc 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midwest Scrap Management, Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Phenix City 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Universal Scrap Metals, Inc 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Central Generation 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Directional 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE BESDB Fairhope 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE ABRAMSON LLC 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR USD 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR CLASSIC FOODS 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR BIRMINGHAM PACKERS 8,650 FTE
NAT-TCR 269-NiSource-Washington PA-Service 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Fareway Stores, Inc. 195 Monmouth 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Shearer's Foods - PHM 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR BMSC 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE KJ's Market #636 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blythewood IGA #635 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Donald R Frantz Concrete Construction, LLC 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE C.E. Bourne & Co., Inc. 63 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.